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Kathy Reakes
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Kathy Reaks has worked as a reporter in the local news business since 1984, starting as a news clerk and working her way up. She spent 17 years at Florida Today in Melbourne, Florida as a general assignment reporter, crime reporter, entertainment reporter and restaurant critic. She worked four years at Hometown News as a general assignment reporter, then another two years at Spacecoast Daily in Cocoa Beach, Florida. She attended Eastern Florida State College in Melbourne, Florida.
Alleged Bed Bug Infestation Prompts Dutchess Couple To Sue Disney
A Hudson Valley couple who were bitten by bed bugs at a Vero Beach, Fla., Disney Vacation resort is suing the company for a ruined vacation and physical and emotional distress, said the Poughkeepsie Journal.
According to a lawsuit, filed in June, Allyson L. Masciotti-Hamedl and Kevin Hamedl, of Poughquag in Dutchess County, claim Disney failed to “exercise reasonable care and breached its duty” to properly operate the popular resort, said the Journal.
The couple is asking for damages of between $100,000 and $1 million, for the September 2016 stay, the Journal added.
In the complaint, the …
World Class Bike Race, Family Fest Coming To Rockland
ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- The giant hills of the Rockland Community College campus will offer a weekend of family fun on Nov. 18 and 19, that includes yummy food trucks, bounce-house mania, and best of all cyclocross bicycle races.
The most spectator friendly of all bike racing, cyclocross challenges racers with a closed course that includes pavement, gravel, and grass surfaces. Manmade barriers and natural obstacles force riders to dismount, run and then remount their bike in one continuous motion multiple times per lap.
And if the weather is wet and muddy, the place to watch will be the pi…
Creepy Crickets: Spider-Like 'Sprickets' Crawling Around Westchester Homes
They have long legs and can look like a large wolf spider, and if you get close enough to one, they will jump right in your face.
We are talking about spider or camel crickets who love to multiply in mass in dark, damp places like basements and bathrooms and attic areas. Bug experts say they also love caves, which is more their natural habitat.
But over the past few years, these creepy "sprickets" can be found throughout homes in the area.
They are voracious eaters and love to chow down on fungus, fabric, carpets, wood, cardboard, dust, plants and, yuck, even each other. They d…
Rosie O'Donnell Selling Properties In South Nyack For $11M
Rosie O'Donnell is downsizing and that includes selling her five properties on one compound in Nyack for right around $11 million.The comedian, who also has homes for sale in Florida and New Jersey, has owned the spread since 2013, but is now looking to downsize, said her realtor Hamid Moghadam, of Ellis Sotheby’s International Realty.
"With her new Showtime show, she needs to be in New York City, close to work," he added.
O'Donnell reportedly purchased an $8 million penthouse in Greenwich Village late this summer.
Her new show, "SMILF," stars Frankie Shaw as a twentyso…
Bus Driver Injured In Valley Cottage Crash
ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- A school bus driver was injured in a crash with another vehicle in Valley Cottage around 8 a.m., Thursday, Clarkstown Police said.
The accident occurred when the bus and a car crashed near 293 Christian Herald Road, west of Route 9W, pushing the bus onto a resident's property, said Clarkstown Officer Pete Walker.
The driver, who received minor injuries, was treated and released from Nyack Hospital, he said.
There were no children on the bus at the time and the other driver was not injured.
The cause of the crash is under investigation, Walker added.
Joe Davis, First African-American White Plains Firefighter, Dies At 96
Joseph "Joe" Davis, 96, a longtime White Plains resident and the first African-American fireman in the City of White Plains died on Sunday, Nov. 5.
Born in Sheldon, S.C., on Aug. 30, 1921, Davis was the eldest of five siblings. The family moved to White Plains when he was 8-years-old where he attended school in the White Plains school district, graduating from White Plains High School.
Shortly after graduation, he entered the Army Air Corp, serving in the 477th Bomber Group, spending time as a support group for the Tuskegee Airmen. He held an exemplary military record and was hono…
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